Women fake orgasms so men don't feel bad, study says

Despite gender equality for which women have fought for decades, taboos still survive in terms of sexuality, and surprisingly some women fake their orgasms so that men do not feel bad. According to a study conducted by the University of South Florida, many women still prioritize the needs of their partners over their own when it comes to sex.

Researchers analyzed data from more than 600 women, many of whom admitted to faking climaxes in order not to make their male partners feel “fragile”. Close to 47% found that they felt anxiety when they perceived their partners’ masculinity to be precarious, which ultimately reduced their own pleasure.

In general, this perception of an insecure man hinders honest sexual communication in the couple, since women tend to worry about not threatening the masculinity of their partner.

Tell me how much you earn and I’ll tell you how many orgasms you have

The researchers also made an interesting finding related to the economic conditions of the couple. They observed that women who earn more money than their male partners are twice as likely to fake orgasms than those who earn less, since the fact that a woman has a better salary than her male partner is also somehow related to a concept of masculinity.

The authors of the research, published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, consider that these women may feel that they “castrate” their partners in the financial sense, so they try to compensate them in some way between the sheets.

However, experts believe that this way of women to “protect” men is also a way of hurting them, so it is better to open an honest communication to understand mutual sexual needs in the couple and work to satisfy them.

“When society creates a standard of masculinity impossible to maintain, no one wins,” said Jessica Jordan, Ph.D. student at the University of South Florida and lead author of the study.